US students beat NASA to land first moon rover.

A group of students, faculty, and alumni at Carnegie Mellon University have developed the Iris rover, which is set to be the first autonomous rover on the moon developed by university students. The 4.4-pound rover will be carried to the moon as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program and will primarily take images of the moon's surface for geographic study. The mission is scheduled to launch on May 4, 2022, and will also include an art installation called the MoonArk.